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40 Becaue he would, perhaps, love me again.

Who is there that would not?

Would you?

I—I—me—I—I am out of the quetion.

No; you are the very peron to whom I have put the quetion.

What do you mean?

I am glad you don’t underland me. I was afraid I had poken too plain. [in confuion].

Undertand you! As to that—I am not dull.

I know you are not—And as you have for a long time intructed me, why hould not I now begin to teach you?

Teach me what?

Whatever I know, and you don’t.

There are ome things I had rather never know.

So you may remember I aid when you began to teach me mathematics. I aid I had rather not know it—Bat now I have learnt it gives me a great deal of pleaure—and [heitating] perhaps, who